Bow of the Tempest  

 

First I know this post is a year old.

YOU NEW RANGERS... Dont believe this. I am currently Elem flagged and consistantly DPS near the top 10% of raid at 65 , im 66 now. Also there are a lot of raids that require ranged att. So to say that rangers arent needed on raids is plum crazy.

As too Monks being awesome I agree. But every toon has its uses.

Murnin
66th Ranger of Rosebriar
Fennin Ro
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66th ranger of rosebriar

Edited, Sat Feb 5 18:40:21 2005

Actually I've been struggling to make a list of gear i want that has max AGI...sta str dex and wis are all capped. Agility (even though i am a wood elf and had put most of my starting points in agility) is way behind...Every slot i swap out for some agility...costs me too much AC for my taste. I'm nowhere near uber or the smartest player in the game about matching the best gear combos so please dont flame me if i am wrong..jsut stating what i observe...stanima seems to be rather easy to cap

......stonewood has the same mod. the self buff from level 58 alone is improve archery(40). all that does in increase your accuracy. +% archery increases effective skill, and therefore chance to hit and max dmg

Edited, Wed Nov 26 15:25:24 2003

http://www.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=22386 CASTERS REJOICE......HAHA.........300 hps

Based on some slapshot parsing I've done in xp groups (not very reliable), I found Warmaster's Recurve from Tallon Zek to output more damage than my Stonewood in day to day use, when the proc is landing - this is especially true when no spell haste is available or the mob is rooted (though warmaster's proc has a tendency to break roots, something to keep in mind..)

The difference is mild - Warmaster's may be putting out ~10 more dps in normal (fully hasted, no trueshot) circumstances. At higher atk values (2000+, as when FA/Fero is available), the gap closes some. Once you hit Trueshot, the gap goes bye bye. This is because TS, ATK, and Haste do not effect proc damage. The base damage on these bows is so close that proc damage is what biases the Warmaster's, more than overcoming the marginally lower hit% resulting from Warmaster's lack of an archery skill mod.

I've yet to do any semi-valuable testing of an Obsidianwood, but suspect it is on par or slightly better than the warmasters. Ironically, the Obsidianwood will perform poorly in Fire, since the proc never lands. I've used an Obsidianwood to good effect in Water, though.

Bow of the Tempest is marginally better than stonewood for raw damage output. For Trueshot or at extremely high atk ratings, it's the highest dps bow in the game. Outside of those circumstances, Warmaster's and Obsidianwood likely edge it out very very slightly.

Of course, at this point in the game, Ranger melee damage output is exceeding ranged damage output when not using trueshot... So rangers are gearing up with 1h dps in mind, relegating the bow to those extremely rare encounters we use Trueshot. Stats are becoming more important than general purpose ranged damage output. For this, Bow of the Tempest is perfect. Excellent HP, solid resists, superior damage output with Trueshot, and an aura thown in, too!

I got this bow last night... And will now bank the warmaster's, obsidianwood, and stonewood I've been lugging around... If nothing else for the sheer convenience of carrying a single bow again.

I *would* like to see Bow of the Tempest get a DPS bump, to make it clearly an all-around upgrade from the elemental bows. Seems pretty sad to me that Warriors get more enthusiastic about the best bow in the game than rangers do.

I wouldn't call it crap, but it's not the DPS upgrade Rangers are looking for in Time. For a DPS upgrade, look to Timespinner, EoE, and Timeweaver.